March 6, 2019 Read Mark Zuckerberg’s letter on Facebook’s privacy-focused future Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg just published a lengthy post outlining what he describes as a “privacy-focused” future for his company’s various messaging platforms —…
March 6, 2019 Mark Zuckerberg says Facebook will shift to emphasize encrypted, ephemeral messages Facebook will increasingly shift its focus away from public posts to encrypted, ephemeral communications on its trio of messaging apps, CEO Mark Zuckerberg said…
March 6, 2019 Google’s Duplex AI now makes reservations in 43 states You can ask Google Assistant to make a restaurant reservation over the phone for you in 43 states as of today, as Google is…
March 6, 2019 Spotify’s repeat button is coming back to a song’s now playing page Spotify is bringing back the repeat button after the company pushed out an update last month that buried it inside of a submenu, much…
March 6, 2019 Microsoft open-sources its Windows calculator on GitHub Microsoft is making the source code for its Windows calculator available on GitHub today. The software maker wants to “build an even better user…
March 6, 2019 Google is sharing a tool to keep your data anonymous from AI Today, Google released TensorFlow Privacy, an open-source tool that will help keep your data anonymous, even as AI learns from it. The now-public code…
March 6, 2019 Google Duplex automated restaurant reservations expand to 43 US states Google has announced that it’s expanding its Duplex reservation system — which has an AI-driven assistant make restaurant reservations for you — to a…
March 6, 2019 The first all-female spacewalk takes place March 29th After several decades of human spaceflight, you're finally going to see the first all-female spacewalk. NASA has confirmed that astronauts Anne McClain and Christina…
March 6, 2019 Your Echo device can announce each song before it plays So many people were asking Alexa what song they just heard and who sang it that Amazon responded with a new Echo feature. Rolling…
March 6, 2019 Samsung Galaxy S10 teardown shows what’s behind the hole-punch display Samsung's Galaxy S10 may be all display on the surface, but what's underneath that enigmatic exterior? Quite a lot, apparently. iFixit has torn down…